Halloween

My Halloween costume this year was inspired by finally seeing The Avengers, I will admit. You would think that at a university where almost everyone is pre-med or engineering and therefore inundated by constant homework and fretting about grades, that Halloween would be overshadowed by panic over midterms, but I think Halloween is the most popular event at the school. This could be because Halloween only requires you to wear a costume, and doesn't necessarily mean you need to party, but most people seemed to be making their costumes - or props - from scraps. For example, one of my engineering friends made another of our friends an Iron Man hand. (It even had LED lights to create the glow from the pulser thingies). To be fair, he also spent about a week making a Daft Punk helmet for his own costume. (We're plotting to make a Thor costume for next year, for his roommate, who is like a shorter Chris Hemsworth). My costume required much less effort - although, I think that if I reprise it next year, I'll have to acquire some extra props - because it only required a few items from my own wardrobe to become the Black Widow.

Vest/blazer - thrifted | Pants - Windsor | Boots - Charlotte Russe

There's also some snazzy face-paint in there from the Halloween festival the student programming board held here, which was fun.

How was your Halloween? Did you dress up?

Long Time Gone

So, it's rather hard to take outfit pictures in college, much less get time to even think about posting. Somehow, I haven't fallen into a uniform of sweatpants and hoodies. (The reason being that I don't own any of either... As cold as it's been getting, I wouldn't have any qualms about succumbing if they were warmer). The constant walking around here has been a fairly good thing - I've lost quite a bit of weight recently. (The downside is that a lot of my clothing now no longer fits...)

I finally found a workable picture taking spot in my dorm area, though I don't generally have the time to take advantage of it. The pictures you're about to see are from the last Friday in September, from an extremely wonderful day. Seriously, it was definitely one of the best days I've ever had.

Trenchcoat - thrifted | Skirt as Top - TJ Maxx | Skirt - Charlotte Russe | Tights - F21 | Shoes - PayLess | Necklace - R21 pendant, chain from great-great-aunt | Earrings - thrifted

Given some more time I'm sure I'll figure out how to edit these better. (And by time, I mean, time where the wifi network is running fast enough I can download a picture editing program that isn't iPhoto, which, sorry, but iPhoto is literally the worst effing thing EVER). Had the shoe off my foot in order to make sure they showed, since they weren't in the first set, and I didn't feel like redoing photos.

My Collegiate Adventure Begins

So, I've started college. Past two months were insane, involved several trips to Arkansas, frantic packing, two day almost non-stop drive to Ohio...and then rollercoasters, zoo, water park, tours, almost thirty miles of walking total...

I'll try to get some pictures or something up, and respond to things, within the next week or so. College is exhausting and I haven't even started classes yet.

Outfit Dump

There is no point to this post other than that I have a LOT of outfit pictures taking up space on my computer, and they're killing its running speed, so... Yeah. I hope you like my face, because this post will be full of it.

Shirt - Mom's closet | Skirt - F21 | Shoes - Wet Seal | Earrings -thrifted

Shirt - Mom's closet | Skirt - F21 | Shoes - R21 | Blazer/Earrings -thrifted


Bathing Suit (as top)/cardigan - F21 | Pants - Target | Shoes - Payless

Vest - thrifted | Top/skirt - F21 | Shoes - either Payless or Charlotte Russe, not sure which pair...




Blazer - thrifted | Dress/shoes - F21

Blazer - thrifted | Dress/belt - F21 | Shoes - some boutique

Dress - F21 | Shoes - Charlotte Russe | Necklace - gift from my sixth grade teacher c:

Bathing suit (as top) - Macy's | Skirt - F21 | Shoes - Payless

Shirt - Mom's closet | Skirt - F21 | Shoes - Payless

Shirt (as jacket) - La Luna Loca | Tank - A'gaci Too | Belt - random boutique | Pants - Target | Shoes - Charlotte Russe

Blazer - thrifted | Shirt - Mom's closet | Skirt - Charlotte Russe | Shoes -some boutique 

Yes... I did give up on making it look pretty, at some point. Enjoy my face and constant blazer wear, I suppose.

Short and Sweet

Short suits have been everywhere this spring, haven't they? I've seen them all over street style snaps, and touted in magazines as a more comfortable but still work appropriate alternative to the full suit, as well as being just plain fun. Best of all, though, they aren't going to make you sweat to death in the heat of someplace (coughTexascough).

Blazer - thrifted | Shirts - Deb & BuiYahKah | Shorts - F21 | Shoes - Payless | Jewelry - Jewelmint/R21/F21

They're also pretty easy and simple to style. You can go matchy-matchy with your jacket and shorts, or you can mix it up and pair a different color of jacket and shorts, like I did. Monochrome is a possibility here - I'd recommend it with lighter colors, though, since the whole point of this is to have it be airy, and black is unfortunately lacking in airiness. Colorblocking is also an easy trend, and obviously what I chose to go with, and it's made easier by the popularity and easy availability of colorful shirts, blazers, and shorts. I was cautious with a black blazer (and also sane, because I look awful in white, which is currently the only other one I have). If you're going for a more formal vibe than me, I'd suggest heels of some variety, or wedges, rather than flat sandals. Here are some less color-ific variants of the short suit to help inspire you!

 

Enjoy being comfy and sophisticated!


(Pictures of celebrities from here, and copyright to Larry Busacca).